Questions tagged [ssh]
Secure Shell (SSH) is a network protocol for secure remote shell services and command execution.
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How to access files downloaded via SimpleSSH?
So i'm using SimpleSSHD to scp files between from my computer to my redmi phone.
But the question is, after i've copied files to data/user/0/org.galexander.sshd/files, how do i access them, for ...
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Android boot.img installing BusyBox with Dropbear
I have installed TWRP on my device, extracted boot.img.
Initially I just wanted to build Dropbear for Android and make it run from boot.img.
I don't need any app to have root access.
What I would ...
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SSH authentication failure from 4g network
I use JuiceSSH to connect to my server via my Android device. If the device is connected via Wi-Fi, all goes smoothly. But if I connect via 4g network, then I get Authentication failure error. Why? I ...
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Android stops/pauses execution of my background script?
Short version:
Why is my bash script (running in the background, started via SSHD) not running every ~30 seconds when it should? (NOTE: SSHD and the script are running as root!)
I have a script that ...
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Send a notification (or just vibrate) to phone via ADB/shell
I would like to be able to send some kind of notification to my android using a remote shell script (SimpleSSHD running as root, so basically the same as an adb shell).
On an iOS device I can use the ...
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How to SSH into my Android Phone's command prompt [duplicate]
I have a non-rooted Android phone with the Termux app installed. I can run ifconfig on the phone's terminal and see the IP address of wlan0, and I can ping the phone's IP from the terminal on my ...
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ssh via my mobile phone
I need a mobile client which I can run the command given in this answer easily on it and also the port forwarding works on my mobile correctly without any need of being root.
The command is:
ssh -D ...
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How can I know the hostname of an Android phone for use in SSH connection?
When setting up public key authentication on SimpleSSHD server on my Android phone, by http://www.galexander.org/software/simplesshd/
Quick start
Install SimpleSSHD.
On any computer which ...
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How to stream an encrypted backup of the entire device to remote host?
I have an Android device that has no free space and no SD-card that I can replace (thanks to OnePlus policy). I also have no free space on PC to accommodate the backup so I wanted to upload it to the ...
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Read GPS location from command line via SSH
I am wondering if there's a way to read the current GPS coordinates via SSH using SSHelper as SSH server.
I came accross some similar threads:
How to detect GPS status through adb shell?
A way to ...
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Android SSH with AWS and JuiceSSH
I am trying to use JuiceSSH to connect to my Amazon instance with Ubuntu and I am unable to skip the request for password, documentation says I should be using -i in the ssh command but I don't see ...
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rooted device: how to run SSH server persistent even on reboot
I (linux user but not an expert) just moved from iOS to android, my device is rooted (Samsung s9) and I want a ssh server running all the time on my android device (I prefer openssh over dropbear) ...
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How to make Termius look for hostnames on the local network first?
I have four devices:
Windows 10 PC
Android Phone (v6.0.1)
Internet Router
"servername" (Raspberry Pi 4)
All are connected locally using Wifi (not that it should matter) using the simplest possible ...
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How to connect two phones via SSH with a central SSH server?
I have two phones A and B which use Mobile Data. I would like to connect from phone A to phone B, the later has an SSH server running on port 8022. The central SSH server is running on AWS and has an ...
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I still get permission denied (pubkey, password) after I disabled PubkeyAuthentication and having restarted my nethunter phone
I'm trying to setup my nethunter phone to use its ssh server. However, no matter how hard (not smart) I try, I get the permission denied (publickey, password) error.
On my phone-server, my sshd_config ...
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How to SSH into Android which is a hotspot?
I am using Wi-Fi hotspot on Android. Can I SSH into it from my laptop which is connected to hotspot? How would I do this?
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Problem with SFTP after converting from sh to bash at login
After SSHing into the android box (SSHDroid app provides the host) I followed psyincerise's answer (the last one listed) at How to set bash as default shell?. It let me directly log into bash but it ...
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Can I install GNU/Linux in text mode on android?
I want to use my old smartphone (Moto 3G) like Rassbery Pi to make some low level things with just terminal. I want to install GNU/Linux in text mode, get access to it with SSH, get connection to ...
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How to connect to a SSH server from Android client?
I can install and run an SSH server on my Android 6.0 phone (Banana SSH server), and I can run an SSH client on it (Termius), so how do I invoke the client from on the command line that the server ...
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How to SCP files from a PC to storage in Termux
I can scp files from my Linux server to Termux directory on my Android smartphone but Termux directory is not accessible through file explorer. What exactly should be the destination path for scp so ...
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How to run SSH/SFTP server for multiple user logins with password authentication on Android?
I want to run an SSH server on my Android phone so that my clients (varying between 10 to 20) can easily and securely share data with me when I'm on the go, without using any third party hosting ...
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SSH client for Android with scp and sftp features [closed]
I have tried SSHjuice and Termius and neither of these have the scp features ( I couldn't find it in the free/trial version ).
So can anybody tell me is there any SSH client (free version) for Android ...
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Can any computer connect to a SSH server running on an android phone connected to a wireless mobile network? [duplicate]
I run a ssh server on an Android phone using SimpleSSHD.
When the phone is connected to a wifi network, I can connect to the SSH server from a computer in the same wifi network.
When the phone is ...
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SimpleSSHD - create reusable user/password?
I have downloaded SimpleSSHD (aka Dropbear) to access my Android via SSH.
I am able to do so with the one-time password, but I'm trying to write a Python script that can access the phone.
Is there a ...
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How to find UID of an app installed on Android and use it as a shell user?
I am trying to find a way to determine the user name of the current shell user from within a shell / terminal on an Android device.
The Android environment that I have in /system/bin and /system/xbin ...
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Remote Connection to Phone's File System
I have been researching how it is possible to gain access to a phone's file system using something like the phone number, IMEI number or other identification number in a similar way that I can SSH or ...
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What's a good place for public SSH keys on my filesystem?
I'm using an SFTP server app on my Android phone (RedMi 3S); it's a typical Android app, not something requiring root or run as an ARM binary from the command-line). This server app lets me define ...
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How to connect to Android through SSH over 3G/4G public IP?
I am having an Android device and I want to connect in via 3G/4G and I am getting connection refused.
Any ideas how to do that?
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Android JuiceSSH endless prompt to enter Interactive Aunthentication password
I am new to network stuff. Normally I connect to the internet provided by the student dormitory using the login client that they provide.
But it is inconvenient as I always have to switch on my ...
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IP Address changes when using SSHDroid
I want to transfer files wirelessly between my android phone and Linux computer (XUbuntu 18.04). It works when I use SSHDroid as an SSH server on my phone and connect to it with sshfs to mount the ...
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Controlling phone and making calls remotely
I'm wondering if there's a way to connect to my phone via, say, ssh and be able to make calls and send texts remotely.
Use case would be for when I'm abroad but have internet, I'd be able to contact ...
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How can I list the contents of my sd card over ssh
I try to list the contents of my sdcard using kdeconnect. As I understand it, this is done using an ssh connection (sshfs).
When I try to list the contents of the sd card on my computer, e.g.
ls /run/...
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How can I setup a local SOCKS5 proxy that doesn't require Android VPN service?
I need a local SOCKS5 proxy server that doesn't use the Android VPN service. Why? Because I want to chain it with the no-root firewall NetGuard. NetGuard already uses the Android VPN service. ...
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SSHDroid cannot write sd card
The title says it all.
Running android 7.1 not rooted device, I am running sshDroid on android device, ssh into it from my laptop.
When I ssh into the device and check the permissions for the SD ...
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What's the best way to turn an Android device into Linux server?
I have an Android device with a broken screen and I'd like to turn it into a dedicated Linux server.
Now I'm reading articles found by googling but I'm still not sure what is the best way to do this. ...
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zsh scp completion of remote files doesn't work when running SSHHelper
Running SSHelper is a great way to access files on your phone. But completion of remote files (scp and rsync) using zsh doesn't work though. While using sshfs is a workaround but sometimes you just ...
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How can I directly edit text files over SSH or FTP?
Sometimes I want to edit text files on a remote computer (such as linux scripts, websites, etc.) but I only have an Android device at hands (let's say I'm sitting in a train and have nothing better to ...
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Having trouble setting up Android SSH tunnel with port forwarding (x-post /r/ssh)
I'm trying to log into an SSH server in such a way that I can securely visit websites on my Android phone. I have done the following:
Set up port forwarding for SSH server xyz.org, port 8080 on VX ...
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Port forwarding to USB Tether
I have RaspberryPi which connected to Android Phone via USB and USB Tethering is up. Android Phone is connected to Home Router (Wi-Fi). With this setup, my Raspberry Pi can reach the internet with USB-...
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Using LineageOS native SSHD over ADB
Ive got most of the way to getting native sshd working over usb (mainly for shell and winscp), but very murky and not quite there yet. I want to use the built-in sshd, not download an app for it.
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Can I use ADB wirelessly on an unrooted phone via SSH without a USB connection?
My phone, an LG V10, is unrooted, something that I intend to fix. However, I appear to have a catch-22 ...
To put simply, it has a broken USB port, ergo the common recommendation of using USB ...
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JuiceSSH android rsa key
I am using JuiceSSH on android to connect to an ssh server running on my linux box.
I would like to authenticate using an RSA key pair.
Am I able to do this using JuiceSSh on android?
Does anyone ...
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Forward port over key-secured ssh connection
I run a personal web service on my desktop. On my laptop I use ssh -L to open a connection to it like so:
ssh -L <port>:<remote host>:<port>
That works just fine for Mac and Linux. ...
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Extract a gpg file in a nexus 7?
I want to extract a gpg file (passphrase only, no key), with a Nexus 7. It's just a gpg with a txt file inside.
How do I get it to the nexus 7 and then even if I can extract it, how do I get to it ...
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How to do development on a Google Pixel C tablet device?
Is there a terminal app that can do development like on linux?
And is it possible save the source local but not ssh remote server?
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Unable to connect to SSH server via Tor
I'm attempting to connect to my SSH server via Tor on my rooted Android.
I couldn't find an SSH client for Android that supports the use of a SOCKS proxy, so I tried to use transparent proxying with ...
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SD writing capable SSH server for Android Marshmallow (6.0.1)
Is there any SSH Server for android (similar to SSHelper or SSH Droid) that will allow me to write to the (external) SD card without having to root my tablet?
Whenever I search for this kind problem, ...
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How can I run a startup script for GNURoot Debian?
I've installed GNURoot debian on a rooted Android device and I can launch a debian shell programmatically using am, but I couldn't figure out how to run a command like starting dropbear.
What's the ...
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Accessing termux user environment from other consoles
I've recently started using the amazing Termux terminal app and linux environment. It provides a wealth of full-function terminal utilities. It would be great to be able to access these utilities ...
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How to access GNURoot Debian executables from outside the app?
I've just setup GNURoot Debian and I could install Python 2.7.
However, I'd like to run Python 2.7 outside of the GNURoot Debian Terminal Window.
For example, if I ssh into the device, I'd like to be ...
